Police Siege on Scotland Rd.

30 May 2003, NELSON -
Police cordoned off the bottom end of Scotland Road between the roundabout
outside Oddies Bakery and the M65 Roundabout at lunchtime today. While
several local bobbies directed traffic and kept the public out of the area a
handful of armed and plain-clothed police placed themselves outside Super Auto
Saver on the corner of Rook Street and Scotland Road. A marksman with
rifle was seen behind a car on the opposite side of the street to the shop with
his sight firmly placed on the shop.

A police spokesman told the press that a local resident
reported seeing a man with a gun inside the shop. According to locals interviewed after the incident it is
believed that the arrest of an Asian male from inside the shop was related to
the
shooting incident that took place earlier this week around the Bradshaw
Street area of Nelson.

03 Jun 2003, UPDATE - Subsequent reporting in the
local newspapers suggests that the two incidents are not connected and Imran
Aslam (21), of Scotland Road, has been charged with two offences that are
alleged to have taken place that day - possessing a firearm, or imitation
firearm, with intention to cause fear of unlawful violence AND making threats to
kill Rajab Ali and Khuram Mamoud on a nearby street.

Some picture from the incident:

Police Marksman (one of them) takes aim.

Super Auto Save shop where the suspect may
have been.

Police Marksman (one of them) takes aim.

At the end of the siege police make an
arrest and take away "evidence".

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